Jordan

Location and General Characteristics

Jordan, in Minneapolis' northwest, is bound on the north by Lowry Avenue North, on the east by Emerson Avenue North, on the south and west by West Broadway Avenue. It gets its name from a neighborhood junior high school, which was built in 1922 and named after Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Emeritus Charles Morison Jordan. Jordan is mainly a residential neighborhood.

The Jordan Community Garden, located at 26th Ave. N. and Knox Ave. N. is one example of many community gardens around the city.